Letter to teacher from student with ADHD

You probably don’t relate to your teen’s relationship with social media. While you may relate to your teen on many levels, you probably don’t when it comes to social media. It hardly even existed a decade ago. If you had MySpace, then Facebook, today’s social media is much more important as an avenue to connectedness. […]

This post is Part 2 from the work of Dr. Frances Jensen and Amy Nutt’s book The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults Does my child need a diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression? First, take a deep breath. Overall, mental health is worsening for all ages in 2021. Adolescent […]

This post gives insight from Dr. Frances Jensen and Emily Nutt’s book The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adult If you’ve got a pre-teen or teen, I’m going to guess you’ve said “who is this kid?” about your own child. While your child or teenager’s personality was once fairly […]

A Six-Week Course in Fondness and Admiration For each day below there is a positive statement or thought followed by a task. Week 1 Monday             Thought:         I am genuinely value for my partner             Task:                List one characteristic you find appealing or lovable Tuesday:             Thought:         I can easily speak of the good […]